A look at why dedicated Wi-Fi access points like the Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC PRO are a better choice than ISP-provided routers for home networks. The post explains the benefits of PoE-powered APs — flexible placement, VLAN support, and seamless roaming — and highlights a Prime Day deal bringing the UniFi AP AC PRO down to $125. It also touches on use cases like smart home IoT devices, NAS, home labs, and Home Assistant automations.
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The 6 GHz radio band (5,925–7,125 MHz) has become a flashpoint between the Wi-Fi and cellular industries as both claim it is essential for their next-generation technologies. The US has allocated the entire band to unlicensed Wi-Fi use, China has reserved it entirely for licensed cellular/5G-6G, and the EU is pursuing a hybrid split. India and the UK remain undecided, with the UK exploring dynamic spectrum sharing via automated frequency coordination. The divergence risks creating three incompatible wireless models across the world's largest economies, complicating hardware design and raising manufacturing costs. Key decisions are expected to hinge on the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027.
Netris, a network automation startup, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company provides hardware-accelerated network automation software that runs on switches, helping AI neocloud operators reduce time-to-market by automating setup, configuration, and multi-tenancy. Unlike traditional SDN, Netris uses deterministic algorithms rather than AI to handle the high-throughput demands of GPU clusters. The platform is vendor-agnostic and already deployed across 35+ GPU clusters totaling roughly one million GPUs, with customers including Lightning AI, Foxconn, and HPE. Nvidia has also recommended Netris to its customers. The funding will be used to hire engineers and sales staff, expand hardware vendor support, and enhance its automation algorithms.
The TerraMaster F2-425 is a 2-bay x86 NAS currently discounted to $240 during Prime Day. Powered by an Intel N95 CPU with Quick Sync support, it enables hardware-accelerated transcoding for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. It supports up to 60TB of storage, 2.5GbE networking, and works well with Btrfs for RAID 1 or JBOD setups. The author used it as a remote backup rig connected via Tailscale with Rsync, making it a practical option for 3-2-1 backup pipelines and self-hosting containers without relying on cloud subscriptions.
Terramaster has refreshed its F4-425 NAS lineup with the Pro model, upgrading the CPU from an Intel N150 (4-core) to an Intel Core 3 N350 (8-core, 7W TDP) and doubling the integrated GPU execution units to 32. The unit reviewed is the top configuration with 16GB DDR5, priced at $799.99. A notable discovery: TOS installs on user-inserted disks rather than onboard storage, making drive migration between devices seamless. TOS 7 brings a cleaner UI and better storage management, but the 'AI-native' marketing claim is questioned — the OpenClaw AI feature is merely an orchestration layer requiring external LLM configuration, not on-device inference. Several software rough edges are noted: global search limited to home directory, Jellyfin subdirectory browsing issues, no keyboard navigation in Photos, and apps needing manual re-enabling after each reboot. The underlying Linux environment is Ubuntu 22.04, which reaches EOL in April 2027 — a concern for a newly launched device. Hardware performance is solid, with under 20% CPU/RAM load during photo indexing and under 10% during 4K streaming.
The 2026 Cisco Networking Academy Partner Conference in Atlanta celebrated the program's impact across the US, Canada, and Marshall Islands, having reached 3.4 million students with 96% securing new career or educational opportunities. The event honored Premier+ partners representing the top 5% of Academic Support Centers, recognized 'Be the Bridge' award recipients for inclusion and innovation efforts, and highlighted instructor stories demonstrating the program's human impact in bridging the digital skills gap amid AI-driven workforce transformation.
Netris, a Santa Clara startup specializing in GPU data center network automation, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company's platform automates setup, configuration, and operations for neocloud operators, addressing the complex networking challenges of GPU clusters — including multi-tenancy isolation and hardware-accelerated configuration across thousands of switches. Netris reports 800% annual recurring revenue growth and over 35 live GPU cluster deployments totaling roughly one million GPUs, with customers including Lightning AI, HPE, and TensorWave. Notably, the platform uses deterministic algorithms rather than AI, as the CEO argues network configuration requires repeatability, not creativity. Funding will go toward hiring, hardware vendor support expansion, and platform development.
A home lab enthusiast shares how 3D printing has replaced buying small PC accessories. By printing custom cable organizers, headphone stands, GPU anti-sag risers, Raspberry Pi cases, and ESP32 enclosures, they get perfectly sized parts for under $5 that outperform cheap ready-made alternatives. The post covers practical use cases including PETG filament for heat-resistant functional parts and plans for future projects like DIY headphones and an open-air E-ATX server case.
Running Proxmox on microSD cards is technically feasible but deeply impractical. Installation took over 40 minutes, LXC containers were sluggish, and VMs with desktop environments were nearly unusable — a NixOS install took over 90 minutes. Beyond the terrible transfer speeds (around 30MB/s sustained write), the real dealbreaker is microSD card write endurance. Even with mitigations like disabling pve-ha services and using Log2Ram to reduce write frequency, microSD cards are far too fragile for a home server workload. The experiment serves as a cautionary tale against using microSD cards for Proxmox nodes.